My Weight Loss Journey

Days 17, 18 and 19...

2006-03-16T18:11:00.000-06:00

I don't think anyone is reading this anymore...are you? If not there's no point in me writing because the reason this was motivating in the beginning was that I was getting comments and I felt like I would let you all down if I didn't lose weight...If you are reading this still can you please let me know? And I'll keep going...otherwise what's the point? :(

Day 16...Back on track (once again...)

2006-03-13T18:05:00.000-06:00

Today I bought a salad for lunch! Aren't you proud of me?! I opted for fresh food rather than greased up crap :) And it felt good to do that!

I also went to the gym, and I pushed through the pain to a satisfying 1.5 miles and some time on the stairclimber as well.

I've sort of decided that if I can get in shape and do some certain things good enough that I'm going to return to competitive swimming in the fall, so that gives me something to push towards.

Last night after my crap weekend I weighed 178, today after the gym I weigh 175 :)

Days 13, 14, 15.......yikes....

2006-03-12T23:31:00.000-06:00

I had such a crap weekend :( I don't even want to talk about it which is why I didn't blog all weekend. I'm so ashamed of my binging on the weekend...I'm such a pig..............

I didn't even weigh myself, I'm afraid to get on the scale.....

Day 12.....the cravings are hitting me hard!!!

2006-03-09T18:18:00.000-06:00

Hi everyone! I'm on my way to my boyfriend's house but I just wanted to put a short post before I head out!

I'm having the worst cravings today and I don't know if I can hold off going to the store...I want some chips baaad...I should have given those up for lent! Today I had the hardest craving for a pop but I didn't do it!

I gotta go now...thanks Cat for commenting! I get throw off by those kgs and lbs too lol...Here in Canada we use the metric system in everything except weight and height so it's confusing...

Hi again Steven!

Peace and Love

Day 11...why haven't I lost any weight???

2006-03-08T18:32:00.000-06:00

Happy Hump-Day!

I excercised today, and it was pain free and excellent! But then when I got home I ate a whole bag of M&M's... :(....I suck at will power! How can I get better?!

Stephen, thanks for posting again! It's good to know that somebody is reading! It motivates me more now! I'll for sure check out that other weight loss blog, do you know of any others? Thanks dude!!

America's Next Top Model starts today! That show always makes me want to be skinny!

Just a short one today, I'm 175 :( which sucks so hard!!!

Day 10...Is nobody reading this anymore?

2006-03-07T17:29:00.000-06:00

Hey all...if anyone is reading this...I'll just pretend like there are people...

Today's been uneventful...Cept I have a problem. When I try to do healthy things like eating at Subway instead of like A&W or something, I end up getting a foot long BLT, 3 cookies and a lemonade...which is a zillion calories...so what's worse? A burger and fries at a fast food restaurant? Or a huge pile of food at Subway? I always find myself excusing eating large amounts of food for it being supposedly healthy food...it's dumb I know, but I can't help it! What can I do?

Still 174 today, I'm alright with that...I wish I was at 170 by now though :( oh well...

Day 9, Getting serious...I think

2006-03-06T18:06:00.000-06:00

Happy Monday...

Tell me why I don't like Mondays
Tell me why I don't like Mondays
Tell me why I don't like Mondays
I wanna sho-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hooot the whole day down.

Nah it's not that bad. Although I had a crap lunch, I excercised, so I don't feel so bad.

As per the header to this post, I've decided that I'm going to try to get serious about excercise. Meaning I'll start stretching, drinking water to stay hydrated, and doing excercises to fix my injuries. Too often do I use injuries to excuse my not excercising, so I'm going to actually try allowing myself to heal and working the right muscles so that I can enjoy excercise and not use that as an excuse to not work out.

174...CRAP

Days 7 & 8...Good Weekend!

2006-03-05T18:25:00.000-06:00

Hello! Hope everyone had a great weekend! I did! Although my "number" didn't really go down at all this weekend, I was good and I staved off the cravings pretty successfully! I was also on my feet the whole weekend painting and drywalling etc in my sis's new house. That really helps because when you're busy you don't think about food that much.

What is it that causes these ridiculous cravings eh? Why is it that some days I can make great choices and eat healthy and not crave any crap at all, and other days all I can think of is getting my hands on some chocolate or chips or something. I don't get it! Sometimes too I get these huge cravings for junk food and I can just brush it off, but other times I do anything I can to get my hands on that food! WHY?????????????????/

Anyways I'm gonna do some stretching and some elliptical and maybe some swiss ball and watch the Oscars...Later!

Day 6, Back on track

2006-03-03T17:42:00.000-06:00

Hello peeps! haha jk...How's it going? I'm feeling tood today! I'm in a really positive mood about life and I'm feeling good about my body and I'm feeling motivated and upbeat. What a switch from yesterday!

Yesterday was so crappy. I got home from work and vegged around eating ice cream and watching tv and barely moving 5 feet all evening lol, but today I dunno, it's just been a complete turn-around!

Aside from a chocolate bar, I stuck to my diet, and I also stuck to my Lent promise of no pop! 3 days down, 37 to go! I went to the gym, and although my shins hurt like mad, I pushed through a shorter than normal run, then stretched alot and now I'm feeling good. And tonight I'm going to my sister's new house to paint and stuff, so I'll be on my feet the rest of the evening, burning calories! Woo!

To the anonymous poster from yesterday: Thanks for the tip on excercising every day. That's a really good point you made where if I start off excercising all the time, it'll feel wrong when I don't...I think that I'll try that...but maybe starting next week hehe... Damn but the cravings get me every time. I haven't mastered the art of things in moderation lol

Stephen keep pushin for those last few kilos! You can do it!!! I've started to not weigh myself after bad times too...like after eating all that ice cream yesterday, I skipped the scale this morning...but I'm feeling good right now so I think I'll go see what I'm at...................................

bad idea...176...but I did just eat supper so that's all still sitting in there...

Happy Friday Everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Day 5, Bad girl!

2006-03-02T17:14:00.000-06:00

Well, I woke up this morning and weighed myself at 174...which SUCKED even though it's less than a pound more than I weighed in at yesterday, it's so discouraging to go up! Anyways I got so discouraged that I totally blew it today...I went to McDonalds for lunch :( granted I didn't have pop so it wasn't too bad...but still that sucks. Plus I got those chocolate covered almonds I was craving the other day....CRAP!

Today's Thursday, I normally go swimming tonight but I really don't feel like it cuz I feel so fat! But if one of you tells me I should go then I will! Help motivate me!

Stephen I read your daily weight thing! Wow! You sure are active! I wish I had the motivation to do as much activity as you do! Kudos!

To the other swimmer who commented yesterday, SO COOL! lol we're like the same person! It's so hard to go from nine 2 hour practices per week to pretty much nothing! It's so hard to get used to the fact that you really can't eat as much once you stop swimming. I used to eat anything I wanted, I would have seconds at every meal, and never gain weight. It's so frustrating having to keep track of what I eat and stuff now! So what was your stroke? I was a sprint butterfly/freestyler. Keep me posted on your weight loss progress!

Day 4...taking it easy

2006-03-01T17:32:00.000-06:00

Today so far is a good day! I gave up pop for Lent, almost blew it at lunch when I ordered a Diet Pepsi without even realizing, and I had to get the lady to take it off my bill! Phew! Close one!

I skipped the gym today because my shins are crazy hurting! I'm going to go on the elliptical later on. froglette, thanks for your suggestions, I'm going to try to start doing toe raises. They're really hard for me, I have weird feet. I have really flexible ankles, more flexible than most ballerinas lol! But really weak shins so I tend to drag my feet and my shins have a hard time of it, I have to work on strengthening them. Also you had mentioned that I might have a stress fracture, but don't worry, my shins hurt way worse than this last year and I went to a doctor and it was just splints so it hasn't gotten that bad yet, and I'll try not to let it!

Somebody had mentioned that I should try weight watchers...I'm so bad at keeping up with things like that though, and my dad's on ww and it's so much journalling etc...I'm too lazy for that! But I am trying to eat more things with fiber which is encouraged by ww.

Someone else said I should try weight training. Just letting you know that I am doing a moderate amount of weight training. I know that it helps you burn more fat so that's excellent :) As for eating things I crave in small amounts, it doesn't work for me...I just crave them more! lol...today I was tempted to buy a bit of chocolate covered almonds, but I didn't! Because I knew that if I had those I would want more! Go me!

Guess what? Yesterday I went swimming, I did 2.5 kms, and it felt great! And in the first time in a long time I wasn't really self-conscious of myself in a bathing suit! I wasn't really sucking in my gut or anything! It felt so great!

My weight this morning was 173.6.
Goal is still 145.

Thanks everyone who's commented so far! It's really helpful seriously! And for those of you who are also trying to lose weight, keep me updated!

Day 3, A little cheating :( Bad girl

2006-02-28T17:18:00.000-06:00

Day three! I had a pretty cheat-ful day today...I went to A&W for lunch...but I also took a long walk to get there so that must count for something...right? And I'm going swimming tonight, I'm gonna to about 2.5 kms. Lent starts tomorrow so I'm going to give up soda for the next 40 days!

Weight this morning: 174
Goal: 145

Stephen - Thanks for posting again! To answer your question, I used to be a competitive swimmer, so I know alot about injuries and strength training. My mom's also a certified personal trainer. I just have trouble being motivated to take the time to do all these things. I try to do weights and balance the muscles I train. I also hate injuries so I tend to ignore them lol...last time I had shin splints I had to stop running, and it's so hard to get back into it once you stop. I'm going to try to do some excercises for that and some better stretching.

Know any good stretches for shin splints? I have to start stretching because I've gotten so inflexible. There are alot of things that I skip at the gym because I'm so inflexible in alot of places that some swiss ball and ab excercises etc. I just can't do cuz they're painful in a bad way. Does anyone have any suggestions for getting on track with my flexibility?

Thanks all :)

Day 2 and All's Well!

2006-02-27T18:23:00.000-06:00

Hey Everyone! I want to thank the people who commented yesterday, it was really helpful. I went to the gym today after work, and I was going to give up because my shins were really sore (shin splints), but I pushed through it and finished my run because I didn't want to post on here that I gave up!

This morning I weighed in at 175.2 :) So that's about a pound less! And after I got home from the gym I weighed myself and I was 173! I know it was just water weight that I lost that fast because I was sweating so much, but it's motivating to see that number!

I'm going to a friend's house tonight so hopefully I don't pig out like I always do at her house lol.

I have one confessiong today, I went to Pita Pit for lunch today, which is healthy and all, but I got cookies for dessert, which I really didn't need...so that was bad...

I want to answer a couple people's comments from yesterday...For the person who asked if I'm tall, the answer is I'm 5'10'', so the weight is pretty spread out. Also, one person said I should read about the South Beach Diet...That's one of those low carb diets, so I'm not really into that. I'm trying to workout alot, and you need carbs to keep that up. And for the person who said "fatty fat fat" or something like that: I know! That's why I'm trying to lose weight! lol

Thanks so much for the support!!

2006-02-26T20:03:00.000-06:00

This is me five pounds lighter than I am now and majorly sucking in my gut...

First post for a first time blogger!

2006-02-26T19:22:00.000-06:00

Hello anyone who might be reading this! Here's what's going on: I'm a 21 year old girl. I used to be a really good athlete, but then over some disagreements with a coach, I quit my sport, which lead to a quick weight gain of about 30 pounds in 4 months.

That was about a year ago, and I've tried everything to try to lose the weight. Nothing has worked! I think the reason that I haven't been able to stick to something, is that I've been too embarassed with my friends and family to be honest about my weight problems.

So my thought is that if I put it all out here on the internet and hopefully get some supporters, I'll be able to be more motivated and have the will power to lose the weight! So here goes...

Current Weight: 176.2 lbs (this morning)
Goal Weight: 140 lbs (what I was before I quit my sport)

Confessions of today: I have this really bad habit of going to the store and buying a whole big bag of chips and eating it all in like 30 minutes. It's disgusting. Today I did that with a whole tube of pringles. I justified that by taking the 1/3 less fat kind, but come on who am I kidding? It's just so bad for me. And on top of that I baked cookies for my friend, and I must have eaten like six...as well as I licked so much icing out of the bowl too cuz I decorated them with icing. Right now I'm so sick from that crap. I'm so addicted to junk food...

I haven't done any excercise today, but I think I might jump on the elliptical trainer for a bit later on...

I'm hoping to publish a new progress thingy everyday so stay tuned! I'm gonna try to get some pictures up here too so we have some before and afters.